Booklet inner notes:
A large problem inherent to so-called "creative music" is the lack of understanding of the power of sound. Creativity is more a birthright than an acquisition, and the power of sound is wisdom and understanding applied to the power of vibration.
Steve Shehan has produced on this recording an honest communication as a true citizen of the world, a world where ancient musics only existed because of the power of vibration and the sensible, mystical effect it had on the human condition.
Once a musician has set foot in this world it becomes hard to accept the clever technical promise that makes up so much so much of today's "creative music". The guidelines for someone born in America and raised in Europe become even wider when one considers the fact that Steve admittedly never felt he belonged anywhere until he discovered Indonesia. Such individual adventures are rarely translated into music within a group performance so, in a small home studio, Steve developped a unique method of performing and recording the majority of his own music.
Arrows is music that is layered in percussion; mirror images are slightly altered to add depth of view to the plains of sound.
Arrows is also a landscape that evolutes into dreamscape of surrealistic images; the smell of the village, the heat of the desert, the vista from a wide angle lens.
Steve Shehan combines a world of elements that most musicians seldom hear of (or dream of) and it is with unusual fervour that so vast a merging of this world's music is woven into such an elegant tapestry of sound.